Combined skirt and drawers.



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CUMBENED SKIRT AND DRAWERS.

E'Appleation led July 31, 1901.)

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TH: Noam: PErEns C04. PNuToLm-lu. WASHINGT'QN D c I f Patentedmay 20', |902.-

L. A, BURGARD. cammen sum1 Ann uAwvERs.

(Appncatio'n med July s1, 1901.)

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NVENTOR Y WITNESSES 1g; 474 7@ zllmlwwyard BY i( f No. 700,477. .Patented May 20, |902. L. A. BURGARD'. CUMBINED SKIRT AND DBAWEBS.

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l j iok l UNITED STATES LILLIAN A. BURGARD, OF'SAN'FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED SKIRT ANDDRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent N0.`700,4177, dated Appleman filed July 31,1901.

To @ZZ whom t maricon/ceri@ Y Y lBe it known that I,"LILLIAN A. BURGARD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements; in a Combined Skirt and Drawers, of-whicli -,the following-is This invention'relates to nether garments,y

l,and has special reference to a union type of garment; combining in asingle article both a v conirete pair ofdra'we'rsianda completeA .and under the longv petticoat.

short underskirt. To this'end the invention.contemplates an undergarment of thefdrawers type which',`

while of the open form, has all ofthe appearv ance when on 'the wearer ofv being an absolutely-closed garment and serving toperfectl y skirt 'drawn out to illustrate the yfullness thereof. Fig. 5; is fa .crosssectional'viewfon conceal the body.,v 4^

Y A further and more important object-iste associate directly with a single supporting ele-l ment, such as a yoke or band, two distinct'gan. lnents--namely, drawers and skirt-x-thus providing an article which dispenses with the gar. ment ordinarily-knownas the nnderskirt, and which is vusually worn4 over the drawers By reason off thus lobviating the necessity of employing the ordina-ry separate underskirt lthe bulk and thickness of one skirt on` the waistline and hips is done away with, hence reducing ,the weight of clothing to the extent of one garment. It." is recognized by' every vwellgowned woman as necessary to wear an extra underskirt over the drawers and under theV long petticoat in order to preserve a welldressed appearance, while at the same time effecting a proper concealing of the body'.V These results are secured Aby the use of the union-garment contemplated by the present invention, besides providing a very neat and practical piece of underwear.

With these andmany other objects in View, which will readily appear to those familiar with feminine attire, the same consists in thev novel construction,combinat'iomand arrangement ofparts .hereinafter more. fully de scribed, illustrated, and claimed.

The essential feature vof the invention in- Volvedinthe Acombiningtogether in one article of a pair of drawers and a short underl Incarrying out the Mayao, 1902.

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skirt placed ena single yoke or 4bandisnec- `essarily susceptible to ,a variety of modiications without departing, from the 'spirit'l ory scope of the invention.; but a 'preferrediembodiment of the latter isshown-,in

companying drawings,in which-L .Figure l is. a perspectivejview `of. acoliibined skirt and drawers shown appliedto illustrate the 'closed jappearance in ,fronti Fig. V2 is a front elevation', partly` irfrsection,y ,f j of the garment folded fiat to villustrate plainly' fl r 'the natural folded'linesofthe skirt member, i

as'itfhangs from the yoke or band.'v Figgfis a back elevationxof the'garment,.showiig a form in which a `placket-is"employed permitcof/the garment being vbottoned same wayas an ordinaryiskirt. :F

side view of the garmentvfolded atandthef' 7 `i 74 isv a plan view in outline of a fform of pattern which maybe `used in constructing the.`

garment,` the View beingon a reduced scale.

Like numerals of reference designate col-, v

responding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

invention the garment may necessarily be .made Vof cotton, linen, silk, or, infact, of any material suitable for the purpose, and also the garment may be constructed from a variety offpatternscontaining onev or more pieces; lbut in all forms ot' the invention the same embodies the combination of a complete pair of drawers and a porting element. the invention are preserved irrespective of the material and also irrespective of whether short back skirt, both of whichgarments arek `united witha common yoke, bandyorvsup- These characteristics of the pattern involves one orulnore pieces.`

However, in the preferableA construction of the garment the same is formed of ka single piece of goods, so fo1"i1lustrative' purposes this form is shown in the drawings. f'

- f For convenience in designating the piece'of goods from which both the drawers ,and-skirt member of the garment are formed the same will be referred to as the pattern-piece, and

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y 551i theacj where it is made of one piece of material the same preserves the general outline indicated in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

The pattern-piece 1 is formed of a sufficient size and of sufficient fullness to not only form a body portion common to both the drawers and skirt, but also a complete pair of drawerlegs and a complete short underskirt at the back of the garment. the garment is designated by the numeral 2 and is that portion which lits about the hips and the adjacent portion'of the body, and in the present invention is designed to be tinished or placed upon a common supporting member 4, which maybe properly termed the yoke This yoke may consist of an ordinary band fitted to the garment in the same manner as skirt-bands and having its ends at the rear of the garment associated with a placket 5, which permits of the garment being fastened upon the body by means of the ordinary button-fasteners G, although it is to be understood that the yoke 4 of the garment may embody a draw-string casing receiving an ordinary draw-string. In the latter construction itis of course understood that there is no necessity for a placket in the back of the garment, and the body portion 2 of the garment is completely closed at the back as well as at the front thereof. In this connection it may also be stated that the garment could be closed in the back as well as the front and have openings on either side,which openings may be closed by buttons in the same manner as ordinary nether garments are tinished. These modifications, however, are not important in the carrying out of the invention, as it is only necessary to provide a common supporting-yoke 4 for the drawers and skirt members ot the article.

In connection with the formation of the body portion 2 of the garment it is to he noted that such body portion may be provided with the ordinary darts 7 to insure a proper fitting over the hips. The front sections 8 of the front portion 2 of the garment are brought together at the front thereof to provide a closed front seam formed bya facing-strip stitched to the contiguous edges of the said front sections 8 of the body portion to provide a completely-closed front seam 9 for the body portion of the garment. At this point it should be observed that by reason of forming the pattern-piece with the t'ront sections 8 it is possible to provide a front body portion which is seamed, lapped, and faced down from the Waist-line or yoke to the crotch at the point 12 and to the point where the trimming of the skirt begins, as plainly shown in the drawings. It may be stated in this connection that the facings 10, extending from the beginning of the front lap 11 toV the trim ming of the skirt member, are preferably narrow, so as to smoothly fit the edge of the garment, and the front lap 11 referred to gives the garment the appearance ol:` a closed one. Inasmuch as said :tront lap is at the The body portion ofV lower end of the closed front seam` 9 it is located and disposed between the legs of the wearer at the crotch, said front lap thereby marking the point where the opening of the drawers begins. This opening extends to the back, Where the skirt member joins the drawers, and particular reference will now be made to these features of the garment.

In addition to the parts of the pattern just described and which really constitute the body portion of the garment the said pattern-piece is cut with a full short back skirt member 13, from which skirt member are'eX- tended the outer and inner leg-sections 14 and 15, respectively, which leg-sections are provided with short seam vedges 16, united by a short seam 17 at the inner side of the drawers-leg, cach drawers-leg as an entirety being designated by the reference-number 1S. The said outer and inner leg-sections 14E and 15 are parts of the same pattern-piece with the skirt member 13, thus providing an ar- `rangement whereby both` the drawers-legs 18 and the skirt member 13 will hang or drape as one garmentA from the common supporting yoke or band 4:. From the upper point of the seam 17, uniting the short seam edges 1G ot the outer and inner leg-sections, there extends a short edge portion 19, merging into the skirt member 13 and leading to the point 20, where the trimming for the skirt member begins, and by reason of the short curvature of the said edge portion 19 the skirt and drawers are made to hang evenly from the supporting yoke, and, as heretofore explained, this is the same point to which the facing 10 extends.

With the parts arranged and united as above described complete drawers-legs 1S are provided and constitute a complete pair of drawers for use in the usual way, while the back and body portion of the drawers above the complete leg portions 1S are formed by the back skirt member 13, which hangs in folds in the same manner as the ordinary underskirt.

By reason of the fact that what might properly be termed the bottom ends 2O 'of the skirt member 13 are connected with the drawers-legs at the upper endsof the seams 17 the goods from this point to the waist-line forms a bias fold, (designated by the number 21 in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings,) and this bias line 0r fold in the goods accordingly strengthens the same and prevents the garment from splitting and tearing under any strain that the wearer may place thereon by bending over or violently moving about. Also the bias folds in the skirt member of the garment, extending as they do from the seams of the drawers-legs to the waist-line, insure the skirt hanging or falling from the supporting-yoke evenly and symmetrically over the body, thereby giving the entire ei iect of a complete separate underskirt.

Any suitable trimming may be employed in connection with the garment, that for the IOO IIO

skirt memberbeing:designated by the number 22 and the trimming for the drawers-.legs being designated by the number 23, and in order to secure afproper hanging'of the trimming for theskirt member the same is pref-,-

erably graduated or narrowed toward the bottom cornersor ends ofsaid skirt member.

'From the foregoing itis thoughtthat the construction and manyradvantages of the herein-described undergarment will be' read-l ily apparent to those familial' with the art without further description, and it will also Abe understood that Various 'changes in the form, proportion, and minor detailsot' constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the. spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. s

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-V Y s 1. An u'ndergarment'consisting of'a pair i of drawers and aback skirt disposed entirelyat the `rear of the drawers', the latter and said back yskirt having a common 'body portion.

2,. An undergarment 'consisting of apair .of` opendrawers, and an undivided skirt member arranged solelyat the back thereof, said 1 drawersand `back-[skirt .member constituting.

parts of the,` same patternpiece and having a common body portion'.

l 3; Anv undergarmentf' consisting of zt/pairof open drawers anda backhalfskirt com-l piece having front drawersformingsections seamed and lapped from the waist-line to a point between the legs.y

l tvv-,An undergarment consisting of` a pair having begins.

6. V- An undergarment'` consisting 'of ."pat-` lbin'ed, the same being formed from a patternvf` tern-piece havingaback half-skirt member extendedirto outer andtinner;leg-sections united to form complete j drawers 1 including' jbody portion *andvv legs disposedlinfrontof 'l y L and uncoveredby theskirt mnemberytleflatf5 5 iter hanging on abias `fold: extendingrfrom f a.

the seams of the drawers-legs to theWaist-line l. i

,of the garment. j j In testimony whereoig-I affix my -siigl'iatufre,

in presence o t'two witnesses. j f* `Witnesses: ,f y

HERBERT MURRAY. i JN0. C. ALLEN- y 

